Re:Backify responds to LiveDrive contract termination
by furyg3 on Friday November 18, 2011 @04:23AM
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[...] by deleting your files/data without any notice they may have violated several laws. We also advice you to get legal help in case you suffered losses due to this sudden termination of service by LiveDrive.
Wow. "They broke the law, sue 'em!" Not only childish, but dumb.
I'm assuming the customer's contractual relationship was with Backify (not LiveDrive). If so, riling your customers up into a lawsuit-frenzy may Backifire (sorry).
I'm imagining that if you approach a lawyer he's probably going to focus on the contract between you and Backify, and not Backify's various vendor relationships and logistical problems...
Re:Backify responds to LiveDrive contract termination
by mMark on Friday November 18, 2011 @02:56PM
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This is plain old stupidity at its finest on Backify's part. They should have at least called, confirmed, and triple confirmed in writing that client files would be saved if they unilaterally terminated their contract.
As for the credit card allegations it seems to me as LiveDrive was just trying to protect people who used Backify's service.
We are Backify's reseller -> They cancelled their reseller account through us -> All purchased accounts through Backify are now null -> Are they committing fraud using our services?'
- That's at least what they'll be arguing in court as they're being sued by a stupid company that will undoubtedly soon be sued by their clients for lost data.
Re:Backify responds to LiveDrive contract termination
by Avenger42 on Friday November 18, 2011 @12:05PM
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I don't think Backify had a chance to keep it private - it sounds to me like LiveDrive went and contacted Backify customers via email, even though they didn't have any contract with LiveDrive directly.
Re:Backify responds to LiveDrive contract termination
by SODaniel on Friday November 18, 2011 @02:31AM
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Ugh, this could really be just a huge misunderstanding. I wouldn't be surprised if Livedrive comes back with the explanation that they closed all the accounts, and is refunding backify as per their conversation.
Re:Backify responds to LiveDrive contract termination
by huhtenberg on Friday November 18, 2011 @03:36AM
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It'd be most helpful to get a clarification from LiveDrive regarding credit card fraud allegedly traced back to Backify. Because if that's the case, I wouldn't trust a single word of what Backify's saying.
Wow. "They broke the law, sue 'em!" Not only childish, but dumb.
I'm assuming the customer's contractual relationship was with Backify (not LiveDrive). If so, riling your customers up into a lawsuit-frenzy may Backifire (sorry).
I'm imagining that if you approach a lawyer he's probably going to focus on the contract between you and Backify, and not Backify's various vendor relationships and logistical problems...
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Backify is no longer in service. LiveDrive has terminated Backify's reseller account, and Backify.com is no longer in service.
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Enough of this nonsense.I have uninstalled livedrive client from my desktop. Any one knows how to delete backed up files from livedrive?
As for the credit card allegations it seems to me as LiveDrive was just trying to protect people who used Backify's service.
We are Backify's reseller -> They cancelled their reseller account through us -> All purchased accounts through Backify are now null -> Are they committing fraud using our services?' - That's at least what they'll be arguing in court as they're being sued by a stupid company that will undoubtedly soon be sued by their clients for lost data.
It's run by Tarandeep Gill, who seems to have garnered a bit of a reputation. He was behind the "IE users are stupid" hoax.
source: http://blog.forret.com/2011/10/is-backify-512gb-backup-for-f... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AptiQuant
I'd avoid his other companies (AptiQuant and atCheap.com) as well.
*w/affiliate link :-/
Backify is no longer in service. LiveDrive has terminated Backify's reseller account, and Backify.com is no longer in service.
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Oh, dear. Probably should have stopped before that comma. It sounds like something that was comparably insignificant spiraled out of control.
I have to say that both LiveDrive and Backify seem to be acting like children.
That really made me cringe.